[moonshinefe]

It can go both ways. The most common one I've seen is definitely taking too long to ask about something. The other is asking too many trivial questions about things you can look up in minutes or ought to know given your job.

I think the problem is knowing when to ask is like many things a skill that gets better with experience. It isn't obvious especially to newer people. I also think if you're a senior you should be much more forgiving of juniors when it comes to this stuff. We were all there once.

I think asking too slowly tends to be caught more easily in things like standup before it snowballs. Asking too quickly tends to be habitual and seems to do more damage since it's harder to notice when managing projects, and often under the vague auspices of "pairing."